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Meet the New Team at Wall Colmonoy's European Headquarters
Pontardawe, Wales
30 October 2012 
KEVIN NOLAN, Managing Director

Appointed in June 2012, Kevin Nolan joins Wall Colmonoy as Managing Director, Europe.

 

Kevin is an experienced Managing Director with over thirty years in employment across industries including automotive, aerospace, gas turbine and domestic appliance. Kevin joins Wall Colmonoy after thirteen years with the Doncasters Group. His positions there included Managing Director of the Turbine Airfoils Division in Worcestershire, U.K. and Vice President of six Fabrication & Combustor plants, one of which was based in Southern California... Read more 

 

PHILIP TILSTON, Chief Financial Officer

Philip joins the Wall Colmonoy team with over 25 years of finance experience in manufacturing industries.

 

Philip's positions have included Deputy Managing Director & CFO for Turtle Wax Europe and Finance Director for Akcros Chemicals, a subsidiary of Akzo Nobel. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA from New York Stern School of Business. Philip has a proven track record of delivering effective change programs that drive profitability and value creation.

 

A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS FOCUS  

Continuous improvement process initiatives are integral to Wall Colmonoy's Corporate Objectives. These initiatives will have positive impacts for customers on quality, cost, delivery, and safety. With that focus, Wall Colmonoy has hired two highly experienced operational leaders
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STEVE LEAHEY, Operations Director

With a skill-set honed primarily in the Aerospace and Automotive sectors, Steve is an experienced senior management executive with a track record for developing and implementing business and operational improvement strategies. As a trained Black Belt, he has achieved operational excellence through the application of Lean and Sigma Continuous Improvement methodologies.

 

Steve demonstrates a strong, 'hands on', people-centric, leadership style. He facilitates agile team-based organisations with a strong customer focus and builds lasting relationships based on integrity and consistently high performance.

 

MARK HARRISON, Continuous Improvement Manager

Mark Harrison joins the team as our Master Black Belt to develop a continuous improvement culture - using 5s and visual management to drive out variation, making them more robust, and eliminate non-value added waste. With over 18 years' experience in Six Sigma and Lean methodologies, he has worked at such leading companies as Honeywell, PowerPartners and Masco UK Windows Group. 


NICK CLARK, Machine Shop Business Unit Manager, UK

Nick Clark came to Wall Colmonoy in March 2012 as a Process Engineer for the Alloy Products Group. Recently, he was promoted to Machine Shop Business Unit Manager for the UK facility. Nick graduated with honours from University of Michigan with a B.S. in Engineering in Industrial & Operations Engineering. He then went to Columbia University, Graduate School of Business with a focus in Management and Finance. Between Universities, he spent four years as an Intelligence Officer in the US Marine Corps, Captain. He had two combat deployments with an attack helicopter squadron and unmanned aerial vehicle squadron.

 

JOHN LAPPING, Sales Manager, Alloy Products

 

John has more than 30 years' experience in the Thermal Spray and High Temperature Brazing industry. John has a Design Engineering background and has also worked in coating and weld overlay related industries such as Oil & Gas, Plastics, Aerospace, Power Generation and Glass Container.

 

From 1998 to 2005, John was with Wall Colmonoy Ltd (UK). He then went on to spend four years with glass plunger manufacturer, Hunprenco, United Kingdom as Works Director and Company Secretary. John returned to Wall Colmonoy as General Manager, Alloy Products, USA in 2009. He then moved onto the role of Business Development Manager for Central America, South America, and Western Canada.

 

RICHARD SHAW, Sales Manager, Components

Richard comes to Wall Colmonoy having over thirty years experience in manufacturing, in a wide range of industries including Defence & Aerospace. An experienced professional with a proven track record in both commercial and project management, Richard is a consistently high performing business leader in many areas including, strategy integration, brand representation, steering negotiations and developing mutually beneficial long-term relationships. He is a Champion of change management, business development and sustainable growth.

 

ALUN RODGE, Technical Manager

Alun Rodge has over thirty years industrial experience in a range of business sectors including Automotive, Aerospace, Consumer Electrical/Electronics, and Life Sciences/Pharmaceuticals. A Mechanical Engineer by profession, Alun held senior Technical, Operations, Programme Management and Quality roles in a number of global companies.

 

A 6-Sigma champion and Lean practitioner with several years experience as an Industrial Engineer, Alun has a wealth of experience in process development and integration, automation and high-speed manufacture, new product development and factory build and relocation.

 



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